My marathons

Medio Maratón de Sevilla

09:009:00 AM Sevilla
Torre del Oro
Torre del Oro. Photograph by kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The half marathon is certified at 21,097 m by the Spanish athletics federation and World Athletics, and starts and finishes on the Paseo de las Delicias.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Start and finish on the Paseo de las DeliciasA certified 21,097 m on asphalt and paved ground, start and finish on one street.
  • Four start times and a three hour limitBoxes go off at 9:00, 9:05, 9:10 and 9:15; the maximum time is 3 hours.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseTacticsStart and finish on the Paseo de las DeliciasA certified 21,097 m on asphalt and paved ground, start and finish on one street.

The organiser’s 2026 rules give the course a length of 21,097 metres, certified by the Real Federación Española de Atletismo and World Athletics. The start and the finish are both on the Paseo de las Delicias, and the race is run on asphalt and paved ground. The 2026 edition is on Sunday 13 December.

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Whole courseTacticsFour start times and a three hour limitBoxes go off at 9:00, 9:05, 9:10 and 9:15; the maximum time is 3 hours.

Wheelchairs, the elite box and box 1 start at 9:00. Boxes 2 and 3 follow at 9:05, boxes 4 and 5 at 9:10 and box 6 at 9:15. Results use net time from each runner’s own crossing of the start line. The maximum time is 3 hours and the finish closes at 12:10. Runners must be 18 or older on race day, and bibs and race bags are collected at the runner fair on 11 and 12 December.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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2 gels for Sevilla, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

  1. km 7.3mile 4.6
  2. km 14.7mile 9.1

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

Order by 22 November to test them on two long runs first.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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distance
21.1 km13.1 mi
cut-off
3:00 h

Race week

Timetable

Sunday 13 December Race day

  1. 09:009:00 AM

    Start: wheelchairs, elite and box 1 Paseo de las Delicias. Boxes 2 and 3 start at 09:05, boxes 4 and 5 at 09:10 and box 6 at 09:15.

  2. 12:1012:10 PM

    Finish closes Paseo de las Delicias. The maximum time for the race is 3 hours. 3:00 limit: 8:31/km for 21.0975 km3:00 limit: 13:43/mi for 13.1 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Sevilla time, checked .

Add to calendar .ics file, times in Sevilla time

Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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